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Dear Moms, Dads, Relatives, Educators and Business Owners!
I write this newsletter with a beanie on my head that proudly displays our South African flag in support of the South African teams who are participating in the Olympics in China. I have my son on my lap who is unwell and running a temperature. Yes, I am proud to be a multi-tasking, working mum and I admire the strength all women have to be able to be so many different people in their daily lives.
Moms, just remember that you can occasionally take off your super woman cloak and accept help from others when it is offered. I know I am often too proud to do this and it is definitely a weakness I need to work on. (My husband would disagree. He says he feels like my official courier service!) Remember it takes a village to raise a child and the more friends and family you have around you to help the better it is for you and your child.
Wow, August is a busy month. Today the Olympics begin. Tomorrow is National Women's Day. This weekend is the Living and Loving Baby and Kids Expo at the Heartfelt Arena in Pretoria. Here you can see the latest, safest and most practical baby and kids products with hands on displays and demonstrations.
The Baby Expo™ will be in Durban from the 29th – 31st August at the ICC, and this year little Durbanites are in for a very special treat. BJ and Baby Bop will be joining Barney on the Baby City stage for the first time ever in Durban. Super-dee-dooper!
If you have a baby and you need help on essential topics such as sleep, feeding and health, then you need to book a place at a Netcare Baby Sense Seminars. Not only do you get to listen to talks by South African experts, but you can also ask questions and meet other mothers too! You will also receive a goodie bag! The Baby Sense Seminars will be held next month in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Come on Durbanites, we very rarely get something like this going on in our neck of the woods. Make the most of this opportunity.
August is also "Child Safety Month". 4 A Kid specialise in child safety products and have a web page dedicated to child safety tips.
I don't often do the "Thought for the Day" thing, but with my son lying on my lap, holding me tight, I urge all parents to: "Focus on and appreciate what you do have and forget about what you don't have." Words of wisdom brought to you by my husband Richard.
Take care.
Cara
Editor
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BOOKS - LATEST RELEASESWhere's DaveMy Giant Press-Out Activity Book
Dave's gone missing! As his family and friends try to find him, he meets other dinosaurs who help him keep smart and safe as he deals with dangers like crossing the road. R84.95 [Buy Here]
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Magic Kitten: Classroom Chaos and A Summer SpellCars, Planes, Boats, Trains
This book features two sparkling Magic Kitten stories! In A Summer Spell Lisa's boring summer is transformed when tiny marmalade kitten Flame comes into her life. In Classroom Chaos a lonely time at boarding school is brightened up for Abi when fluffy black-and-white kitten Flame magically appears.
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Planes, trains, automobiles and boats, this work helps you send your child on the ultimate transport adventure. Fasten your child's seatbelt, hit the ignition, and send them off on a full-throttle ride. R325.95
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School FriendsEmpty Quarter Book 2 in the Darcie Lock Series
A sparkling new series!
Katy is nervous about going to boarding school for the first time, especially as she's got a big secret to hide. The girls in her dorm seem really nice, but when someone sets Katy up for a fall, how will her new friends react?
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Darcie's stuck aboard a cruise ship for problem rich kids. It sounds exotic but it's more like boot camp. Darcie becomes embroiled in a kidnapping plot that takes her from Naples, via Cyprus, to Egypt and on a journey through the desert quarter. R110.00 [Buy Here]
DVD's - LATEST RELEASESAladdin - Musical Masterpiece EditionThe Spiderwick Chronicles
Soar away on a magic carpet ride of non-stop laughs and thrills in one of the most spectacular adventures of all time. This offer also includes a downloadable song A Whole New World, a lyric book and music modes. This package makes up a complete musical experience for the whole family. R151.95
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Peculiar things start to happen when the Grace family move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. When Jared, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate. R134.06 [Buy here]
NEW KIDS' MOVIES Meet DaveSpace Chimps
With their home planet in danger and no place in the known universe to seek shelter, a desperate crew of miniature alien humanoids boards a human-looking spacecraft that they name Dave in hopes of saving their doomed world.
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Free-spirited circus performer Ham III is the grandson of Ham, the first-ever chimp astronaut and hero. Content with a life of wowing the masses beneath the big top, his life is suddenly thrown for a loop when a scheming senator (Stanley Tucci) decides that he's the perfect candidate to complete a team of simian rescuers who are to be launched into space on an interstellar rescue mission to retrieve the lost spacecraft. [Read more]
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